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' CHAIR.

No. 454,100. Patented June 16,1891.

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J. G. WILSON.

CHAIR. No. 454,100. Patented June 16,1891.

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T BY ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. WILSON, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,100, dated June 16,1891.

Application filed October 23, 1890. Serial No- 369,038. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. WILsoN, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chairs;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to chairs, but

particularly refers to the construction. of a chair suitable for use bygentlemen.

The object of my invention is to provide a chair upon which a man maysit astride, and which shall afford a convenient support for the thighsand legs, as well as a rest for the elbows, and also form a comfortableseat when usedin the customary manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of anupholstered chair constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, arear elevation of my newly-invented chair; Fig. 3, a perspective showinga plain chair, with no upholstering, made in accordance with myinvention, the supports for the thighs being concave in cross-section.Fig. 4 is a rear View of the chair shown at Fig. 3.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of thedrawings.

A is the chair-seat, and B the elbow-rest, rising at the rear of saidseat. On each side of the rest B are supports 0 for the legs and.thighs, which supports are declined from the horizontal plane of theseat A, and are preferably made integral with the latter.

The

supports are declined to afford a comfortable rest for the thighs andlegs; but this is not absolutely essential, since in an upholsteredchair such supports may be horizontal and the thighs and legs willtherebybe supported with comfort and ease.

The rest 13 may contain drawers, if desired, which may be used asreceptacles for cigars, cards, or other articles.

A person using my improved chair willsi t facing the rest with histhighs supported on the declined supports 0, although said rest canserve as a back if the sitter-faces in the opposite direction.

Then my improved chair is upholstered, the general appearance of thesupports 0 will be as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; but in making a plainwooden chair with no upholstering I would form concavities a in saidsupports, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in order that the latter mightcomfortably conform to that part of the body resting therein.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, a chair having a seat, anelbow-rest rising from the rear of said seat, said rest having a narrowbase and a laterally-extending upper'portion, and rearward extensions ofthe seat at each side of said base, substantially as shown and setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix m y sign ature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES G. XVILSON.

